<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744853039862799135</id><updated>2011-04-21T10:58:28.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'>thankful for the love of others, so pass it on  ( daily meditation in addiction recovery )</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thankfulforothers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3744853039862799135/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thankfulforothers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Treating Addiction</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06310687984959145718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nk30_LY-8cA/Swc_wgP97tI/AAAAAAAAAjc/y435Ir__My0/S220/jjj.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3744853039862799135.post-3162436376402222100</id><published>2007-12-16T10:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-27T16:54:48.397-08:00</updated><title type='text'>goodness and the joy it brings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nk30_LY-8cA/R2Vwls40NII/AAAAAAAAAA8/W8gJX_2tUSc/s1600-h/xmasbcgr.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144641942347592834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nk30_LY-8cA/R2Vwls40NII/AAAAAAAAAA8/W8gJX_2tUSc/s320/xmasbcgr.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today I have to be thankful for the many people I have met in my recovery who have been there for me whenever I have been in need. I thank my higher power for bringing them into my life. They unselfishly listen to me when I am scared and fearful of a relapse. Then before I know it hours have passed and they are still talking and listening to me until I realize that my need to relapse has passed, I've grown tired, and I have gotten through another day. So many wonderful people, most of them mere strangers have extended a glorious lifeline to me and have asked for nothing in return. I know that when another troubled stranger comes up to me and is in need of my support, I too will unselfishly be there for them, to share the love that was so gracefully shared with me. I want to share my recovery with others who are suffering, and share all glory with them, through the love that I've been shown. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;(these "reflections in recovery" are written in conjunction with the upcoming book "A NEW JOURNEY" RECOVERY FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION by john carcerano)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;wesite  &lt;a href="http://www.newjourneyrecovery.com/"&gt;www.newjourneyrecovery.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3744853039862799135-3162436376402222100?l=thankfulforothers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thankfulforothers.blogspot.com/feeds/3162436376402222100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3744853039862799135&amp;postID=3162436376402222100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3744853039862799135/posts/default/3162436376402222100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3744853039862799135/posts/default/3162436376402222100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thankfulforothers.blogspot.com/2007/12/goodness-and-joy-it-brings.html' title='goodness and the joy it brings'/><author><name>Treating Addiction</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06310687984959145718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nk30_LY-8cA/Swc_wgP97tI/AAAAAAAAAjc/y435Ir__My0/S220/jjj.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nk30_LY-8cA/R2Vwls40NII/AAAAAAAAAA8/W8gJX_2tUSc/s72-c/xmasbcgr.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
